University officials and environmental advocates are opposed to the plan because they say the
pipeline poses a pollution threat to two man-made wetlands in the park, which function as a living
laboratory for students and scientists testing theories on wetland ecology and design.

Columbia Gas officials have already said they are "ready" to build the pipeline along an
alternate route that doesn't pass under the research park property.

The hearing,
which
is open to the public, is the last before the Power Siting Board makes a decision on which
route will be used. It's not clear when that decision will be made. For more on this story,
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